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Finance | Insurance 2023: CECILIA A. HODGES
Hodges was promoted to her current post in 2018, after serving as market president for Central and Southern Virginia and real estate banking group vice president. Based in Vienna, she manages teams in more than 60 branches in Virginia and the D.C. metro area. A 35-year banking professional who was managing director of Provident Bank […]
Health Care 2023: REESE JACKSON
Named Chesapeake Regional Healthcare’s president and CEO in 2016, Jackson previously led Forbes Regional Hospital in Pennsylvania and was chief operating officer and senior vice president of operations for Valley Health. With 40 practice locations and approximately 600 physicians, Chesapeake Regional Healthcare is a nonprofit health system serving Chesapeake and northeast North Carolina. During [...]
Health Care 2023: DR. K. CRAIG KENT
A vascular surgeon, Kent joined UVA Health in February 2020, just before COVID-19 hit, having served previously as dean of the Ohio State University College of Medicine. He is responsible for a health system that employs about 16,000 people and includes U.Va. Medical Center, a children’s hospital and schools of nursing and medicine, as well […]
Manufacturing 2023: ROB WERGE
Werge became president and CEO of Cadence, a contract manufacturer of medical and drug delivery devices, last year. He has more than 30 years of experience in technology-driven contract manufacturing, including leadership positions at Nypro (now Jabil Healthcare), where he led its consumer and electronics business for the Americas region and also led India operations. […]
2023 Virginia 500: Economic Development
Jonathan S. Belcher EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND GENERAL COUNSEL, VIRGINIA COALFIELD ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY; EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, VIRGINIA COALFIELDS EXPRESSWAY AUTHORITY, LEBANON Corrie Bobe DIRECTOR, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TOURISM, DANVILLE Barry DuVal PRESIDENT AND CEO, VIRGINIA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, RICHMOND Jason El Koubi PRESIDENT AND CEO, VIRGINIA ECONOMIC DEVELOPME[...]
Arts | Entertainment | Sports 2023: ALEX NYERGES
While Nyerges has been director of four museums — including the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts for the past 17 years — he’s also a photographer. When the VMFA received more than 2,000 books focusing on American and European photography last fall, Nyerges called the gift from Barry and Gretchen Singer “a transformative donation” that […]
Arts | Entertainment | Sports 2023: BRENT PRY
Pry’s first full season leading the Hokies ended with a 3-8 record in 2022. But in sports, there’s always next season, so Pry has used the downtime to bolster his staff. In March, he brought in another Brent, former Army offensive coordinator Brent Davis, as a temporary offensive consultant. (Most of Pry’s experience is as […]
Energy 2023: DIANE LEOPOLD
Joining Dominion Energy in 1995 as a power station engineer and rising to chief operating officer in 2020, Leopold is responsible for all the Fortune 500 utility’s operating segments, including Dominion’s branches in Virginia and South Carolina, and its gas distribution and contracted assets division. During her 28-year career, Leopold has led Dominion’s gas infrastructure […]
Federal Contractors | Technology 2023: JUDI DOTSON
With more than 30 years working for the Fortune 500 global management consultant, Dotson leads Booz Allen Hamilton’s national security and global defense business. In 2022, Dotson succeeded Karen Dahut, who now serves as CEO of Google’s public sector organization. Under Dotson’s leadership, Booz Allen has performed work for the U.S. Department of the Treasury, […]
Finance | Insurance 2023: THOMAS RANSON
Growing up in Urbanna, Ransom worked with his hands, doing house-roofing jobs and prepping cars to be painted. He moved into the less physically taxing field of banking when BB&T recruited him out of Hampden-Sydney College, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in economics. He’s worked at the bank, which became Truist following its 2019 […]
